Linzer hearts
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ingredients
375 g plain flour special 120 g powdered sugar 1 packet vanilla sugar 1 tsp grated lemon peel 250 g butter – room temperature 1 egg yolk 1 cup rosehip jam
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Bake every Christmas.
1.
Mix flour, sugar, vanilla sugar and grated lemon zest in a bowl.
2.
Add the cubed butter and work into a fine meal with your fingertips.
3.
Then add the egg yolk to the mixture and work into a smooth dough, which you wrap in cling film and refrigerate for at least two hours.
4.
Later roll out the dough on a floured board to a thickness of 0,5 cm and cut out the hearts. Carefully cut a smaller heart into each of the other hearts.
5.
Bake the pastry in a preheated oven at 180°C until pink (about 8 to 9 minutes).
6.
Glue the baked, cooled hearts with rosehip jam.
